The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 30, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
71.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
4:51 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 24.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.22° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.78° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.